Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more shrewd than any other beast of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, 'You must not eat from any tree of the garden'?”
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2The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees of the garden,
Cross References
Numbers 22:28Then Yahweh opened the donkey's mouth so she could talk. She said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that induced you to strike me these three times?”
Isaiah 27:1On that day Yahweh with his hard, great and fierce sword 1 will punish Leviathan the slithering serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent, 1 and he will kill the monster that is in the sea. 1
Matthew 4:6and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 1 'He will command his angels to take care of you,' and, 1 'They will lift you up in their hands, 1 so that you will not hit your foot against a stone.'”
Matthew 10:16See, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be as wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
2 Corinthians 11:14And this is no surprise, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
Revelation 12:9The great dragon—that old serpent called the devil or Satan, who deceives the whole world—was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:1
The story of this chapter is perhaps as sad a story (all things considered) as any we have in all the Bible. In the foregoing chapters we have had the pleasant view of the holiness and happiness of our first parents, the grace and favour of God, and the peace and beauty of the whole creation, all good, very good; but here the scene is altered. We have here an account of the sin and misery of our first parents, the wrath and curse of God against them, the peace of the creation disturbed, and its beauty stained and… Read the whole commentary →